Pangea LNG Files for DOE LNG Export Authority to FTA Nations
Posted on Nov 29, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Pangea LNG Files for DOE LNG Export Authority to FTA Nations
Pangea LNG (North America) Holdings, LLC (Pangea) filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy to export up to 398.5 Bcf/year of LNG (approximately 8 million metric tons) over a 25-year term to nations with a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Pangea proposes to export the LNG from its planned South Texas LNG Export Project to be located at the Port of Corpus...
Sierra Club Releases Report on Hydraulic Fracturing and LNG Exports
Posted on Nov 29, 2012 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club Releases Report on Hydraulic Fracturing and LNG Exports
Sierra Club released a report today urging policymakers to require a full assessment of the potential environmental risks associated with LNG exports and the expanded gas production from hydraulic fracturing needed to support it. According to Sierra Club’s campaign director, the report “underscores the urgent need to move beyond all fossil fuels,” and...
Two Senate Energy Committee Members Express Support for Increased Gas Exports
Posted on Nov 28, 2012 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Two Senate Energy Committee Members Express Support for Increased Gas Exports
The Hill reports that U.S. Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), both members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, expressed support today for increased exports of U.S. natural gas. Greenwire reports that at the policy breakfast sponsored by The Hill, Landrieu suggested that there may be a role for Congress in clarifying the U.S. policy for exporting...
Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Progress Report
Posted on Nov 27, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sabine Pass LNG Files Monthly Construction Progress Report
Sabine Pass LNG, LP, filed a report at FERC on construction activities for its LNG export terminal, stating that as of the end of October, engineering was 28% complete, procurement was 25.9% complete, and overall project completion is 14.7%. Sabine Pass added that the overall project schedule is progressing ahead of the contractual schedule basis. Early targets for Train 1 substantial...
Cambridge Energy Subsidiary Receives DOE FTA LNG Export Authority
Posted on Nov 26, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Cambridge Energy Subsidiary Receives DOE FTA LNG Export Authority
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted the application of CE FLNG, LLC (CE FLNG), a subsidiary of Cambridge Energy Holdings, LLC, for long-term, multi-contract authorizations to export up to 8 million metric tons per year (approximately 389.6 Bcf) of domestically produced LNG over a thirty-year period from a floating terminal it intends to construct, own, and operate in...
FERC Approves Pre-filing Process for Excelerate’s Lavaca Bay Project
Posted on Nov 21, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Approves Pre-filing Process for Excelerate’s Lavaca Bay Project
FERC has approved use of its pre-filing environmental review process for Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC and Lavaca Bay Pipeline System, LLC’s planned floating LNG export terminal to be constructed in the Port of Port Lavaca-Point Comfort in Calhoun County, Texas. FERC’s approval letter can be found on eLibrary under Docket No....